Description
Earnie Shavers
Birth name Earnie Dee Shaver
Alias Black Destroyer
Nationality USA
Residence Warren, Ohio, USA
Birth place Garland, Alabama, USA
Record 74-14-1 68 KOs 7 KOs
Division heavy
Bouts 89
Rounds 366
Career 1969-1995
Debut 1969-11-06
Categories: United States Amateur Champions | African American Boxers | Cleveland Golden Gloves Champions | Nevada State Champions
After retiring from boxing, Shavers became an ordained Christian minister and moved to England to pastor his own church
Muhammad Ali: “Earnie hit me so hard, it shook my kinfolk back in Africa.”
Larry Holmes: “Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. … Being hit by Mike Tyson was like getting hit by a speeding Ferrari. Being hit by Earnie Shavers was like being hit by a Mack Truck.”
Ron Lyle: “Hey man, that’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit in my life. And George Foreman could punch, but none of them could hit like Earnie Shavers did. When he hit you, the lights went out. I can laugh about it now, but at the time, it wasn’t funny.”
Randall (Tex) Cobb: “Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I’d shoot him. … Earnie could punch you in the neck with his right hand and break your ankle.”
